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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1992

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AS AT THE MIDDLE OF 1991, 880 COMPANIES HAD DONE SO.

AS FAR AS MANUFACTURING IS CONCERNED, TOTAL DIRECT IN HONG KONG'S MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY REACHED END OF 1991.

INVESTMENTS $34.3 BILLION AT THE

COUNTRY OF OVERSEAS

INDUSTRIAL

JAPAN WAS THE LEADING SOURCE INVESTMENT, ACCOUNTING FOR 32 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL VALUE.

"THE UNITED STATES CAME SECOND WITH THIRD WITH 11 PER CENT, HE SAID.

H

28 PER CENT,

AND CHINA

MR

FUNG

SAID HONG

KONG'S

STRATEGIC

ASIA-PACIFIC REGION HAD HELPED HONG KONG TO PROSPER,

LOCATION

IN

THE

"GREATER

ECONOMIC

COUNTRIES WITH CO-OPERATION WILL ECONOMIC GREATER REGIONAL GENERATE SUBSTANTIAL TRADE AND SUSTAIN GROWTH IN SERVICE SECTORS.

TIES

IN THE REGION AND IN TURN

то CONTINUE THE INDUSTRIAL AND

AND "THIS CONDITION, COUPLED WITH INCREASING PER CAPITA INCOME

WILL PROVIDE GOOD PURCHASING POWER AS A RESULT OF GROWING AFFLUENCE, INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN HONG KONG ITSELF.

WILL BE EXTENDED

INTO -

"THE MOMENTUM OF HONG KONG'S PROGRESS THE NEXT CENTURY, CARRYING WITH IT MANY CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES," MR FUNG SAID.

INT'L CONFERENCE FOR CHINESE AND ENGLISH TEACHERS

A

то

THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON LANGUAGE AND CONTENT OFFERS RARE OPPORTUNITY FOR CHINESE AND ENGLISH TEACHERS TO COME TOGETHER

OF COMMON SHARE INFORMATION AND EXPERIENCE AND TO EXPLORE ISSUES CONCERN ACROSS DIFFERENT EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMS AND CULTURAL CONTEXTS,

THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR DOMINIC 8 W WONG, SAID THIS TODAY

BY ORGANISED

THE CONFERENCE THE FOUR-DAY OPENING (TUESDAY) WHEN INSTITUTE OF LANGUAGE AND EDUCATION (ILE).

"THE CONFERENCE THIS YEAR BRINGS TOGETHER FROM AROUND THE WORLD WRITTEN FORMS, AND TEACHERS OF CHINESE IN ITS VARIOUS SPOKEN AND TEACHERS OF ENGLISH IN DIFFERENT VARIETIES,

|| HE SAID.

HONG KONG, MR WONG SAID, HAD MUCH TO LEARN FROM EXPERIENCES LANGUAGE TO OTHER EDUCATIONAL

AND MUCH TO CONTRIBUTE CONTEXTS EDUCATION DEBATE AT THIS TIME.

HE SAID HONG KONG WAS CHARTING NEW GROUND THROUGH:

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IN

IN

PARENTS APPROPRIATE FOR

SETTING OUT A CONSISTENT MEDIUM OF INSTRUCTION POLICY, WITH ADVICE BEING GIVEN BY THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT TO ON WHAT 18 CONSIDERED MOST EDUCATIONALLY THEIR CHILDREN; AND

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SEETING STANDARDS

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